Enter the leading man: Brett Lee puts his body on the line on screen and Big Bash stage

By Daniel Lane
Updated November 1 2014 - 9:18pm, first published 6:00pm
"I haven't been pain-free since I was 18": Fast bowler Brett Lee. Photo: Daniel Munoz
"I haven't been pain-free since I was 18": Fast bowler Brett Lee. Photo: Daniel Munoz

Brett Lee, aged 37 and playing the leading man in a $4.5 million romantic comedy that is being shot around Sydney, is two months away from bowling express pace for the Sydney Sixers Big Bash League team and, while the depth of his acting ability would be tested for the umpteenth time on this particular afternoon, he thought, of all things, about his ankle – and winced.

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